EDCWA Second Amended MOUSECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Second Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is
entered into on this 4th day of June, 2020 ("Effective Date"), by and between the South Tahoe
Public Utility District ("District") and the El Dorado County Water Agency ("EDCWA") (each a
"Party" and collectively the "Parties"), at South Lake Tahoe, California, with reference to the
following facts and intentions:
A.The District is a California public utility district, formed pursuant to the California
Public Utility District Act (Cal. Pub Util. Code, § 15501, et seq.) and owns and operates public
water and sewer systems and provides water and sewer services to residential and commercial
customers situated within the City of South Lake Tahoe and portions of El Dorado County,
California;
B.The EDCWA is a body politic and corporate pursuant to Water Code, Appendix
Section 96-1, et. seq., and performs countywide water planning and participates in statewide
water planning;
C.Together, the District and the EDCWA overlie the entirety of the Tahoe South
Subbasin (designated basin number 6-005.01 in the California Department of Water Resources'
Bulletin 118) ("TVS Basin");
D.The District and EDCWA previously entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding, dated September 15, 2016 and an Amended and Restated Memorandum of
Understanding, dated June 14, 2017, (collectively "Prior MOUs") with respect to management of
the TVS Basin;
E.The District and the EDCWA are committed to the sustainable management of
the groundwater resources within the TVS Basin, as shown by, among other actions, their
collaborative development and implementation of both the original Groundwater Management
Plan for the TVS Basin, adopted in 2000, ("2000 GMP") and the update to the 2000 GMP in
2014 ("2014 GMP");
F.For many years, the District and the EDCWA have worked collaboratively to
sustainably manage the TVS Basin in multiple other ways, including creating and participating in
the Stakeholder Advisory Group ("SAG"), dividing monitoring responsibilities for the TVS Basin
and sharing the resulting information, and jointly funding and implementing multiple other
studies and monitoring program activities;
G.In 2014, the California Legislature adopted, and the Governor signed into law,
the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ("Act"), which authorizes local agencies
overlying all or a portion of a groundwater basin to manage groundwater in a sustainable
manner;
H.The District adopted Resolution No. 2986-15 electing to be the Groundwater
Sustainability Agency ("GSA") for the portion of the TVS Basin within its service area boundary
on July 16, 2015, submitted its GSA Formation Notification to the Department of Water
Resources ("DWR") on August 12, 2015 ("2015 GSA Formation Notification"), and was
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